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Photograph of Stansbury House
Photograph by Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Stansbury House

Built in 1883 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

One of 24 National Register listings published here for Butte County · listed in 1975 · category: Building · built in 1883, Italianate architecture.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 307 W. 5th St., Chico, 95928
  • When was it listed? June 1975
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Chico
  • When was it built? 1883
  • Architectural style. Italianate architecture, Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 75000424 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

563 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 563 fires within 5 miles of Stansbury House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,217 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined217
Equipment and vehicle use158
Debris and open burning88
Arson/incendiarism33
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Smoking22
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreButte Unit32
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitSKYWAY
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHEGAN
8 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresButte UnitW EAST AVE WEST_CHICO
8 September 2011Smokingunder an acreButte UnitSOUTH
8 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresButte UnitSACRAMENTO
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitMIDWAY1
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitMIDWAY2

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Stansbury House: 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum, PGE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Butte CreekGold, PlatinumProducer1848, 1949
Butte CreekGold, PGEUnknown
Chico Pit and QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Butte Creek Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chico PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
L L UlticanSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Butte Creek DistrictGoldPast Producer1849
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Butte County

Storms near this property

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chico, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2000WildfireChico$1,900,000no account filed
November 2015Thunderstorm WindChico$1,000,000A collapsing thunderstorm resulted in a downburst which brought strong straight line winds which snapped 6 power poles along east Eaton Rd. and Godman Ave in Chico. There were 10000 PG&E customers without power.
April 2017LightningChico$45,000Lightning struck a very large oak tree near Bidwell Mansion in Chico. Large tree limbs came down, damaging 9 cars. Report time based on radar.
April 2019FloodChico$5,000Two feet of standing water was observed on Pillsbury Road between Cohasset Rd. and East Ave. Much of Cohasset Road from Highway 99 to Chico Airport was underwater as well. Time was estimated.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindChico$1,000California Highway Patrol reported a large pine tree down across both lanes of SR 99 just north of East 1st Ave.
April 1993Tornado (F0)Chico$500A tornado touched down in the center of Chico near Fourth Street and Chico State University. The brief touchdown resulted in damage to a number of trees, and was observed by local authorities.
March 2023HailChico-There was 0.75 inch hail reported in Chico, reported via Facebook.
April 2019Flash FloodChico-Flooding was reported across all 3 lanes southbound on Highway 99.
January 2017FloodChico-Big Chico Creek overran its banks in Bidwell Park.
October 2016HailChico-Hail up to 1 inch in diameter was reported.
April 2015Heavy RainChico-The 24 hour total rain was 0.86 inches.
February 2001HailChico-no account filed
January 1997Flash FloodChico-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butte County

Maps showing this location

10 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
US Post Office-Chico Midtown Stationunder 500 feet1985
Silberstein Park Buildingunder 500 feet1983
Allen-Sommer-Gage Houseunder 500 feet1977
St. John's Episcopal Church0.2 miles1982
A. H. Chapman House0.2 miles1982
South of Campus Neighborhood0.2 miles1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75000424 in Record Group 79.
Butte CountyAll 24 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.